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Monday · 74 answers · 6 debuts

Ordered by uses in the last three years (since 2023-11-03), then by uses across the whole archive.

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    EST

    22A Winter hrs. in the Big Apple

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    ERIE

    58A One of the Great Lakes

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    510
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    USE

    29D Take advantage of

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    356
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    PSST

    19A Covert "Hey, you!"

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    250
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    SSN

    61A Nine-digit ID

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    242
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    EASE

    14A Carefree quality

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    334
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    ANI

    5D "Gimme ___!" (start of University of Iowa's cheer)

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    238
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    AIR

    21D Word seen on the side of many planes

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    304
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    ALTO

    59A Voice under a soprano

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    290
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    ODD

    31D Roulette bet

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    209
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    ASHE

    36A Tennis icon Arthur

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    275
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    TEND

    39A Be in charge of, as a bar

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    122
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    STAY

    45D "Don't move!," to a dog

    20
    159
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    PEN

    30D Ballpoint or highlighter

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    187
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    SEES

    32A Observes

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    131
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    THE

    10A Part of ROTFL

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    175
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    STAB

    34D Random guess

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    181
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    OATH

    20A Inauguration Day promise

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    143
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    AISLE

    21A Grocery store division

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    140
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    PEDI

    23D Mani-___

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    47
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    ONION

    13A Culinary tearjerker

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    131
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    ASAHI

    8D Popular Japanese beer

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    45
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    RITA

    53A "Lovely" Beatles girl

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    138
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    DESK

    62A Classroom seating

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    105
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    PAD

    56D Bottom of a paw

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    103
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    TODO

    54D Commotion

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    103
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    IRULE

    48D "Go me!"

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    28
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    UPON

    29A Second word of many a fairy tale

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    129
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    FAN

    57D Swiftie, e.g.

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    108
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    AWAIT

    52A Look forward to

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    TERI

    54A Garr with a "Tootsie" role

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    210
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    NOEL

    17D Playwright Coward

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    WED

    9D Tie the knot

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    MIT

    44D Prestigious sch. in Cambridge, Mass.

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    84
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    DRAW

    6A Sketch

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    ADULT

    60A Word before education or supervision

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    69
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    MONO

    24D Old LP format

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    69
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    SPUD

    28A Tater

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    48
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    ORIENT

    27A "Murder on the ___ Express" (Agatha Christie mystery)

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    69
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    COMMA

    1A Bit of punctuation

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    26
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    TREX

    15A Prehistoric predator, for short

    5
    65
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    NOTES

    63A Classroom jottings

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    59
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    DEGAS

    6D Impressionist Edgar

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    49
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    ITSOK

    50D "No worries"

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    37
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    STARTLE

    42D Catch off-guard

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    20
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    GENZ

    55A Group born between 1997 and 2012, for short

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    6
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    MOST

    4D The lion's share

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    54
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    LISTS

    49D Kids make them for Santa

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    RUGS

    40A Floor coverings

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    24
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    VAX

    51A Shot that produces an immune response to a virus, slangily

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    6
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    SENATE

    45A Hundred on the Hill

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    56
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    RAFTS

    7D Vessels for whitewater rapids

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    38
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    DIESEL

    25A Fuel choice for many trucks

    3
    21
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    MISSTEP

    3D Faux pas

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    15
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    EXISTS

    46D Isn't imaginary

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    13
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    FREY

    35D Glenn of the Eagles

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    12
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    HUMP

    18A A dromedary has one

    2
    12
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    DHARMA

    43A Teachings of Buddha

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    18
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    ONASSIS

    2D The "O" of Jackie O.

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    13
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    TRUSTEE

    10D Member of a college's governing board

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    11
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    HEMLINE

    11D Height of fashion?

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    7
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    ADPAGES

    36D Glossy magazines have a lot of them

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    5
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    EXPECTS

    12D Anticipates

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    4
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    SHOWERS

    37D April weather said to bring May flowers

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    4
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    COPPED

    1D Admitted (to)

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    3
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    HASANIN

    38D Knows somebody who might help

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    2
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    PASSINGFAD

    16A Trend that's here today, gone tomorrow

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    2
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    SUPERSIZE

    26D Make bigger at McDonald's

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    2
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    GAVEOUT debut

    41D Dispensed, as Halloween candy

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    1
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    PESSIMISTIC debut

    23A Seeing the glass half-empty

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    1
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    PISSEDOFF debut

    33A Beyond irritated

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    1
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    POSSIBILITY debut

    47A Potential option

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    1
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    PUSSYFOOTS debut

    56A Tiptoes, as around a touchy subject

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    1
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    THISISFUN debut

    15D "Wheeeeeee!"

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